U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized “the deep U.S. commitment to its historic relationship with Israel and the ironclad U.S. support for Israeli security” in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, according to Tammy Bruce, the State Department spokeswoman
Netanyahu and Rubio also spoke about Syria after U.S. President Donald Trump’s “historic meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia,” and the two “shared their mutual commitment to make sure Iran never possesses a nuclear weapon,” according to Bruce.
In a press conference at the Cornelia Diamond Golf Resort and Spa in Antalya, Turkey, on Thursday, Rubio was asked about Gaza, particularly the deaths of Gazans.
Rubio told a reporter that, as Trump has said, “the people of Gaza deserve a better future than what they’ve had under Hamas.”